Initial clapperboard says 7th AAF Combat Camera July 22 Shanghai. Latter one reads July 17 Take Offs. Color unedited silent AAF film of bomb runs. Also has footage of B-24 nose cone pinup art from the bombers Bomb Babe, Final Objective, Heavenly Body, Liberty Belle, Tiger's Revenge, etc.
National National Archives Identifier: 5666

Description from National Archives:
"TARGET SHANGHAI: A. bombs away, pan gown thru clouds to hits and explosions--CS B-24 flying over clouds--A. LS formation B-24s one peels off--A. MS to B-24 R-L over clouds and terrain--A. LS to formation over water--CS INT waist gunner (left) at station--Same, rt. waist gunner--Ext. LS up to formations of fighters flying over head. CS crew B-24 standing in front of plane. A. Ext. LS B-24--A. MS B-24 L-R--A. MS B-24 L-R--A. LS to B-24 4 flying R-L over clouds--A. shooting thru clouds down over coastal area--A. Ext. LS B-24 circling thru clouds--A. Ext. LS to fighter escort going by--A. CS to B-17 with "Higgins Juke Box" under wing--CS INT top turret gunners looking thru binoculars. CS "Final Objective" insignia on B-24--CS crew in front of B-24 being briefed--Series of CSs of crew during briefing--CU hands holding propaganda leaflet--LS B-24 taxiing for take off from Yontan Airstrip, Okinawa--Series same. A. CS INT to waist gunner dropping propaganda leaflets. LS B-24 with engines running--Series same--LS thru pilot's window to B-24 taxiing for take off."

TARGET SHANGHAI: CS EM holding American identification papers-- Series of cuts B-24s taking off from Yontan airstrip overhead (Good)--Series of shots B-24s taxiing down runway for take off, long pan down runway. A. shooting down on B-24 L-R--A. shooting down over Chinese terrain--A. LS over to B-24 flying over clouds--A. shooting down over water and coast-- A. LS to B-24 flying over clouds and water--A. LS down to coast line--Series same--A. bombs away pan down thru clouds, see smoke rising and explosion on target Chiang-Wan Airdrome China--A. med. alt. series of shots over city of Shanghai and coastal areas--A. FS back to B-24 flying over clouds, terrain below--A. CS same, L- R--A. LS up to fighter escort P-51s--A. bombs away from B-24, pan down to cloud formations obscuring target--A. CS B-24 L-R--Series same--A. LS to formations B-24s RV--Closer shots same--A. MS to B-24 L-R--A. CSs B-24 flying over water. A. med. alt. down on destroyer. CS Crew B-24 unloading equipment from ship and boarding truck."

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